The Congressional Push for Secrecy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 8, 2012 The U.S. Congress -- one of the branches intended by America’s founders to balance the president’s power -- is showing just as much and in some cases more interest in preserving a growing culture of secrecy as its executive counterpart, says Steven Aftergood, secrecy researcher at the Federation of American Scientists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: 7 FDA Whistle-Blowers

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2012 Doctors and scientists working for the Food and Drug Administration became targets of surveillance and some lost their jobs after blowing the whistle on the agency's approval of medical devices that they believed were not safe for public use.FDA scientists became targets of surveillance and some lost their jobs after blowing the whistle on the agency's approval of medical devices that they believed were not safe for public use. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Inside the Data Mine

Onnesha Roychoudhuri / Truthdig Aug 10, 2007 The Bush administration's domestic spying program has depended on the willing participation of America's telecommunications giants, and all but one, Qwest, were willing to comply. Truthdig contributor Onnesha Roychoudhuri investigates the complex world of national security and regulation to find out whether Qwest's extraordinary bad luck in recent years has been more than a coincidence -- and what it means for what's left of your privacy. Dig deeper ( 24 Min. Read )